MontaVista, as you know it is an embedded Linux Company said its latest system is capable for bringing one-second boot for you. Besides, it has released a video in which you can see the vehicle dashboard system that goes from cold boot into a “fully operational” state in that time.
But, this one second booting is not directly translatable to Linux OS based environment. Nevertheless, you have to launch additional drivers and process for a full-fledged OS.

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Normally, you can have the fast booting OS from Intel’s Netbook Linux OS, Moblin. This chipmaker recently has made a collaboration with Phoenix Technologies that brings a fast boot technology dubbed as HyperSpace.  This recent software features a stripped down Linux environment with a browser, Wi-Fi software in order to boot your system quick.

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